Rwanda. Sun 11 Dec 2016, 12:00 am
Agriculture is always cited as Africa’s ticket to growth and development, but in a world of smallholder farmers and large-scale weather events, risk can often outweigh profit. Africa Exchange Holdings Ltd (AFEX), founded in 2012, is working to diminish this risk and achieve food security not through aid, but increased market competitiveness. AFEX’s two exchanges, East Africa Exchange...

Rwanda. Tue 1 Nov 2016, 12:00 am
In a monthly community work named Umuganda, The East Africa Exchange (EAX) joined together with the community of Ntunga cell, Mwurire sector, district of Rwamangana In Eastern Province of Rwanda to rehabilitate the road toward Ntunga community market. In addition EAX financed mutual health insurance for medical cover to 10 families within the community.
According to Joshua Ruge...

Kenya. Tue 27 Sep 2016, 12:00 am
At the recent African Green Revolution Forum in Nairobi, one of the outstanding take-outs was that Africa may need $400 billion (Sh40 trillion) in investment in food production over the next decade to meet its needs.
But while finance is the problem, it is not the solution if we do not reorient its deployment. Many African countries and donor programmes have invested billions of dolla...

Rwanda. Tue 13 Sep 2016, 12:00 am
Plans of establishing a commodity exchange in the country have taken too long and it is time decisive action is taken to make this a reality.
With the present global commodity super-cycle, the need for a commodity exchange has only become more urgent and we cannot continue engaging in empty talk as farmers faced the pain of fluctuating prices.
The turmoil in the commodity markets is somethin...